Since March 10th, 2006, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) orbits planet Mars. On board are six instruments and one is the HiRISE camera.
The HiRISE Operations Center (HiROC) at the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory started to publish the photos from Primary Science Phase and Transition Phase now at their website.
Picture above was constructed of a 2048 x 7151 pixel image and covers same portion of a delta that partially fills Eberswalde crater in Margaritifer Sinus at two different scales.
The HiRISE camera was built by Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation and is operated by the University of Arizona.
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